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Pommele Sapele Bar Stool

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This is the prototype bar stool I built in 2012 after being commissioned to build a set of 6.

This bar stool is SOLD!

I can make others like it or dining chairs in the same style but shorter and sans the footrest and out of pretty much any wood species.

For more information on this bar stool, please refer to the long description attached to the "Set of 6 bar stools" listing in this Etsy Store.

To see a couple dozen studio photographs of this bar stool, click on the other listings for "Bar Stool" in this Etsy Store.

Usually, I'd charge $15,000.00 for this stool but it costs more due to the fact that the wood I used exhibited a lot of natural checking (cracks). It took several extra days to fill all these deep cracks with black epoxy and that was added to the overall cost. The end result of the epoxy filled cracks was aesthetically pleasing. The black color went well with the reddish hues of the Sapele.

This prototype was the first chair or bar stool I had ever attempted to build. The designing, patterns, and jigs took an extra 3-4 weeks on top of the 8 plus weeks (325 hours) to build the chair. The reason my first attempt at chair building was so successful is that I have been building high end wooden canoes for nearly 30 years. Shaping compound curves and creating clean lines is everyday work for an artisan boat builder.

It may appear in the photos that there are some areas that are flat with rounded edges. I assure you, there is not one place on the entire stool that you could place a flat 1" X 1" square object on and have all 4 corners of that flat object touch at the same time. This is a controlled design and the non-existence of a flat area was totally purposeful. Yes, even underneath the seat is curved in several directions. This is a sculpture that you can sit in! (Unbelievably comfortable too I might add!)

"Convo" me if you are interested in pursuing having me build anything for you. All my work is of the same quality of execution of design; just some of the pieces are simpler than others.

This is the prototype bar stool I built in 2012 after being commissioned to build a set of 6.

This bar stool is SOLD!

I can make others like it or dining chairs in the same style but shorter and sans the footrest and out of pretty much any wood species.

For more information on this bar stool, please refer to the long description attached to the "Set of 6 bar stools" listing in this Etsy Store.

To see a couple dozen studio photographs of this bar stool, click on the other listings for "Bar Stool" in this Etsy Store.

Usually, I'd charge $15,000.00 for this stool but it costs more due to the fact that the wood I used exhibited a lot of natural checking (cracks). It took several extra days to fill all these deep cracks with black epoxy and that was added to the overall cost. The end result of the epoxy filled cracks was aesthetically pleasing. The black color went well with the reddish hues of the Sapele.

This prototype was the first chair or bar stool I had ever attempted to build. The designing, patterns, and jigs took an extra 3-4 weeks on top of the 8 plus weeks (325 hours) to build the chair. The reason my first attempt at chair building was so successful is that I have been building high end wooden canoes for nearly 30 years. Shaping compound curves and creating clean lines is everyday work for an artisan boat builder.

It may appear in the photos that there are some areas that are flat with rounded edges. I assure you, there is not one place on the entire stool that you could place a flat 1" X 1" square object on and have all 4 corners of that flat object touch at the same time. This is a controlled design and the non-existence of a flat area was totally purposeful. Yes, even underneath the seat is curved in several directions. This is a sculpture that you can sit in! (Unbelievably comfortable too I might add!)

"Convo" me if you are interested in pursuing having me build anything for you. All my work is of the same quality of execution of design; just some of the pieces are simpler than others.

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